MGMT talks sophomore record, preps for tour

Brooklyn Psych-electo-poppers MGMT have announced plans for their sophomore record. Talking with 6 Music in the U.K. (where the band is bigger than Jesus), the fellas let slip that they're planning to record their next album this coming January. The final project should be out by this time next year. In a post-Glastonbury interview, Singer Andrew Van Wyngarden said:

"We’ve been longing to get in the studio for a while because we got out of it recording our last album about a year ago. So we’re definitely ready to start working on some new stuff but I think in January we’re gonna start recording and hopefully put an album out next summer."

The band—probably the most quintessentially Brooklyn thing this side of ralphing up a Nathan's hot dog on the Cyclone—also talked about its plans to improve its stage show, adding in all those bells and whistles the duo currently does without. Careful, guys. It might not seem like big thing to add in some dancers and/or a few lights, but the next thing you know you've got a drumset that flips upside-down and you're living up to your predictions in "Time to Pretend." Just a warning.

The group also has what can politely be described as an ass-load of tour dates coming up. They guys are currently prepping for their slots at Readings and Leeds across the pond, but they'll be back in the States in the fall.

MGMT fall dates:

July

10 - Lisbon, Portugal @ live 08 Festival

12 - Balado, Scotland @ T in the Park

13 - Punchestown, Ireland @ Oxegen Festival

23 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise Rock Club

24 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise Rock Club

25 - Philadelphia, Penn. @ Starlight Ballroom

27 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ McCarren Park Pool Party

28 - Washington D.C. @ 9:30 Club

29 - Richmond, Va. @ The National

August